Hello Chris! We have had a little success with that technique (~50% of the time). The antibotic spell so bad that it is dependent on how hungry he is at the time. We make sure that he does not eat his meal before giving him his medicene hoping hunger will win and he will eat it. We have two pills we cannot smash - he takes 2 Atopica pills and they are gel (not to mention expensive). We have a million dollar dog right now with all the vet visits and medications he takes for everything - but that is another story :-)